Perspective: How China is using science fiction to sell Beijing’s vision of the future
Director Frant Gwo and actor Michael Stephen Kai Sui at a promotional event for"The Wandering Earth" in Qingdao, China. By Aynne Kokas Aynne Kokas is an Assistant Professor of Media Studies at the University of Virginia and the author of"Hollywood Made in China." March 13 at 8:47 AM “The Wandering Earth,” directed by Frant Gwo, takes place in a future where the people of Earth must flee their sun as it swells into a red giant.
Until recently, Hollywood films dominated the country’s growing box office. That finally changed in 2015, with the release of major local blockbusters “Monster Hunt” and “Lost in Hong Kong.” The proliferation of homegrown hits signaled that the Chinese box office profits no longer depend on Hollywood studio films — sending an important message to foreign trade negotiators and studios.
In China, this relationship has always been close. Even as China’s film industry leveraged foreign money and talent, the government’s oversight progressively tightened. In 2013, China fused two of its major media regulators to centralize control of content. President Xi Jinping’s New Year’s address from 2014 urged Chinese citizens to tell “Chinese stories” around the world. In March 2018, media regulation in China came under cabinet-level control.
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